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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… hundred of NortonFerris, E. division of Somerset, 1 mile (E. N. E.) from Wincanton; containing 222 inhabitants. … of Sunningwell, but it has gone to decay. Beachampton, or Beauchampton (St. Mary) BEACHAMPTON, or Beauchampton ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union, hundred, …
A Dictionary of London
… houses (Cal. P.R. H. VI. I452-61, p. 79). In 1461 the inn or tenement called "Baynardescastell" was granted to Cicely, … VIII. (L. and P. H. VIII. X. 460), and in 1540 the mansion or castle of Baynard, called Baynardes Castell, was granted … west of the present Castle Baynard Wharf, at the southern end of Addle Hill. The site is occupied by a Timber Wharf and …
Old and New London
… between the two nations for five years. There was a river, or arm of the sea, flowing between the French and English … John's knight so fiercely with his great spear, that both man and steed came rolling in a clashing heap to the ground. … be attended with very little expense, but I believe in the end it greatly contributed to ruin the party who instituted …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… Parish Church of the Assumption of the Virgin, at the N.W. end of the village, is built of yellow limestone rubble; the … and much restored; the western window is of late 16th or early 17th-century date, and of two uncusped lights under … restored and altered. N.E. side (4). Cottage, about mile S.E. of the church. Some of the windows have old metal …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… four daughters, above them indent of the Trinity or Virgin and Child, at each corner indent of shield, late … right hands cut off at the wrist thereon for Mayn, at W. end shield with the first coat impaling the second, early … work. c(2). Hall Barn, stands in a large park about mile S. of the church. It is a three-storeyed building with …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… The E. part of the North Aisle seems to have been the end of the 13th-century transept of a cruciform church. In … the Chancel was rebuilt, the W. part of the Nave extended or rebuilt and the N.and South Aisles partly or wholly … Strode, brother of George, with reclining figures of a man and woman on a sarcophagus and on either side standing …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 400 are arable, and the rest pasture, including 100 common or waste; the surface is undulated, the soil sandy, and the … of Barlichway, S. division of the county of Warwick, a mile (E.) from Henley; containing 205 inhabitants. This place … numerous marks of animals' feet, like the hand and foot of man. Bebside BEBSIDE, a township, in the parochial chapelry …
A Dictionary of London
… occupied by the buildings of St. Bartholomew's Hospital or the General Post Office. Bear Court In Lower Moorfields … great Corn Market by Billingsgate." Named from the bere or barley brought to the quay for brewing purposes … I. p.m. IV. 322). In Thames Street at the south-eastern end. Edward IV. gave it to Wm. Hastings, Lord Chamberlaine. …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Dictionary Archive consists of the purchase of 'one beasil or Holland tyke or bolster' by an educated GENTLEMAN of Sussex [Diaries … meat-eating deemed acceptable at the time for the working man. The same document suggested a 'Hogshead of English Beef' …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… bargeboards. At the back the upper storey projects at the end of the E. wing. ConditionGood, much altered. b(4). …